Splunk Engineer

Splunk Engineer

Location: Eden Prairie, MN 55344/ REMOTE

Mode: Contract (6+ Months)

Rate: $ 40/hr.

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Job Description:

• 10+ years of overall technology experience
• 2–3 years of hands-on Splunk experience, preferably with Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud
• 2–3 years of log analysis and SRE experience
• Strong knowledge of SPL (Search Processing Language), including commands such as stats, timechart, transaction, eval, rex, lookup, and mv
• Experience building interactive dashboards, drilldowns, and scheduled/ad-hoc reports
• Solid experience with field extractions using regex, search-time extractions, and lookups
• Understanding of indexes, sourcetypes, hosts, and search-time vs. index-time concepts
• Familiarity with JSON, XML, CSV, and standard log formats
• Basic understanding of Linux/Unix commands for log analysis
• Ability to analyze data and present insights in a clear visual format
• Strong stakeholder collaboration and communication skills
• Documentation discipline for dashboards, reports, and searches
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, SSL/TLS, FTP, and SMTP protocols.
• Experience onboarding and analyzing logs from routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, IDS/IPS, and VPN devices.
• Configured Syslog, SNMP, NetFlow, sFlow, and REST API data ingestion into Splunk.
• Troubleshooting log forwarding issues between Universal Forwarders, Heavy Forwarders, Indexers, and Search Heads.
• Built SPL searches and correlation rules for detecting network anomalies, DDoS attacks, unauthorized access, port scans, and suspicious traffic patterns.
• Integrated Splunk with network monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, Cisco Prime, ThousandEyes, and Dynatrace.

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.